MLB players born in 1876
99 MLB players on file were born in 1876. Vic Willis leads them with 62.7 career WAR. The first born in 1876 to play in the MLB was Andy Sommerville, in 1894. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1876 (99)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Willis | P | 1898–1910 | 13 | 249 W · 1,651 SO · 62.7 WAR | — |
| Mordecai Brown | P | 1903–1916 | 14 | 239 W · 1,375 SO · 52.2 WAR | — |
| Elmer Flick | — | 1898–1910 | 13 | 1,752 H · 48 HR · 50.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Donovan | P | 1898–1918 | 18 | 186 W · 1,552 SO · 39.4 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Williams | — | 1899–1909 | 11 | 1,507 H · 49 HR · 29.5 WAR | — |
| Ginger Beaumont | — | 1899–1910 | 12 | 1,759 H · 39 HR · 28.3 WAR | — |
| John Titus | — | 1903–1913 | 11 | 1,401 H · 38 HR · 27.9 WAR | — |
| Harry Howell | P | 1898–1910 | 13 | 131 W · 986 SO · 27.5 WAR | — |
| Ed Killian | P | 1903–1910 | 8 | 102 W · 516 SO · 23.4 WAR | — |
| Charlie Hickman | — | 1897–1908 | 12 | 1,176 H · 59 HR · 21.3 WAR | — |
| Danny Green | — | 1898–1905 | 8 | 1,021 H · 29 HR · 19.2 WAR | — |
| Sammy Strang | — | 1896–1908 | 10 | 790 H · 16 HR · 16.8 WAR | — |
| Roy Patterson | P | 1901–1907 | 7 | 81 W · 442 SO · 14.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Dinneen | P | 1898–1909 | 12 | 170 W · 1,127 SO · 14.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Hemphill | — | 1899–1911 | 11 | 1,230 H · 22 HR · 13.9 WAR | — |
| Emmet Heidrick | — | 1898–1908 | 8 | 914 H · 16 HR · 12.6 WAR | — |
| Case Patten | P | 1901–1908 | 8 | 105 W · 757 SO · 12.4 WAR | — |
| Fred Glade | P | 1902–1908 | 6 | 52 W · 464 SO · 11.5 WAR | — |
| Rube Waddell | P | 1897–1910 | 13 | 193 W · 2,316 SO · 11.1 WAR | — |
| Patsy Dougherty | — | 1902–1911 | 10 | 1,294 H · 17 HR · 9.8 WAR | — |
| Nick Altrock | P | 1898–1924 | 16 | 83 W · 425 SO · 8.6 WAR | — |
| John Farrell | — | 1901–1905 | 5 | 567 H · 4 HR · 7.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Altizer | — | 1906–1911 | 6 | 433 H · 4 HR · 6.8 WAR | — |
| Roscoe Miller | P | 1901–1904 | 4 | 39 W · 198 SO · 6.5 WAR | — |
| Fred Jacklitsch | — | 1900–1915 | 12 | 327 H · 5 HR · 6.4 WAR | — |
| George Browne | — | 1901–1912 | 12 | 1,176 H · 18 HR · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Pat Moran | — | 1901–1913 | 13 | 618 H · 18 HR · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Otto Krueger | — | 1899–1905 | 7 | 427 H · 5 HR · 4.5 WAR | — |
| Billy Gilbert | — | 1901–1909 | 8 | 695 H · 5 HR · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Patsy Flaherty | P | 1899–1911 | 9 | 67 W · 271 SO · 3.7 WAR | — |
| Barney Wolfe | P | 1903–1906 | 4 | 21 W · 160 SO · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Win Kellum | P | 1901–1905 | 3 | 20 W · 97 SO · 3.4 WAR | — |
| Charlie Jones | — | 1901–1908 | 6 | 420 H · 5 HR · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Elmer Stricklett | P | 1904–1907 | 4 | 35 W · 237 SO · 2.5 WAR | — |
| Otis Clymer | — | 1905–1913 | 6 | 355 H · 2 HR · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Danny Shay | — | 1901–1907 | 4 | 186 H · 2 HR · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Doc Nance | — | 1897–1901 | 3 | 182 H · 7 HR · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Charlie Carr | — | 1898–1914 | 7 | 492 H · 6 HR · 1.7 WAR | — |
| Rube Kisinger | P | 1902–1903 | 2 | 9 W · 40 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Charlie Dexter | — | 1896–1903 | 8 | 749 H · 16 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Harvey Bailey | P | 1899–1900 | 2 | 6 W · 35 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Danny Murphy | — | 1900–1915 | 16 | 1,563 H · 44 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed High | P | 1901 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Frank Morrissey | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 1 W · 14 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Ed Fisher | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Red Long | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Hallman | — | 1901–1907 | 4 | 269 H · 3 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Friel | — | 1901–1903 | 3 | 244 H · 6 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ike Rockenfield | — | 1905–1906 | 2 | 91 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Pat Deisel | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Jake Gettman | — | 1897–1899 | 3 | 215 H · 8 HR | — |
| John Puhl | — | 1898–1899 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Lee Fohl | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Carlton Molesworth | P | 1895 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO | — |
| Charlie Jackson | P | 1905 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Doc Sechrist | P | 1899 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| George Bone | — | 1901 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR | — |
| Happy Iott | — | 1903 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ike Samuls | — | 1895 | 1 | 17 H · 0 HR | — |
| Irv Waldron | — | 1901 | 1 | 186 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Kostal | P | 1896 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| John Hinton | — | 1901 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Lou Nordyke | — | 1906 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR | — |
| Stub Smith | — | 1898 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tom Asmussen | — | 1907 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Walt McCredie | — | 1903 | 1 | 69 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bob Lawson | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 2 W · 17 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dusty Miller | — | 1902 | 1 | 46 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Hanlon | — | 1903 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Charlie Luskey | — | 1901 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dave Murphy | — | 1905 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Doc Hazleton | — | 1902 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Rickert | — | 1898–1901 | 2 | 11 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Andy Sommerville | P | 1894 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jerry Donovan | — | 1906 | 1 | 33 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Moose Baxter | — | 1907 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Offa Neal | — | 1905 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jack Morrissey | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 33 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bill Salisbury | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Pete Lepine | — | 1902 | 1 | 20 H · 1 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| George Prentiss | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 3 W · 10 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Joe Martin | — | 1903 | 1 | 64 H · 0 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Jones | — | 1897–1902 | 3 | 79 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Warren McLaughlin | P | 1900–1903 | 3 | 3 W · 17 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jim Buchanan | P | 1905 | 1 | 5 W · 54 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Gene McCann | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 3 W · 18 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Joe Marshall | — | 1903–1906 | 2 | 21 H · 0 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Fred Crolius | — | 1901–1902 | 2 | 58 H · 1 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Wiggs | P | 1903–1906 | 3 | 3 W · 46 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Daff Gammons | — | 1901 | 1 | 18 H · 0 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Henry Krug | — | 1902 | 1 | 45 H · 0 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Sam Woodruff | — | 1904–1910 | 2 | 67 H · 0 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Percy Coleman | P | 1897–1898 | 2 | 1 W · 12 SO · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Pat Carney | — | 1901–1904 | 4 | 308 H · 3 HR · -1.7 WAR | — |
| Gus Dorner | P | 1902–1909 | 6 | 36 W · 275 SO · -2.0 WAR | — |
| Frank Oberlin | P | 1906–1910 | 4 | 5 W · 80 SO · -2.1 WAR | — |
| Harry Lochhead | — | 1899–1901 | 2 | 134 H · 1 HR · -2.2 WAR | — |
| Fritz Buelow | — | 1899–1907 | 9 | 256 H · 6 HR · -2.9 WAR | — |
| George Barclay | — | 1902–1905 | 4 | 382 H · 4 HR · -4.1 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.